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Tor Browser Launcher

Tor Browser Launcher is intended to make the Tor Browser Bundle (TBB) easier to maintain and use for GNU/Linux users. You install torbrowser-launcher from your distribution's package manager and it handles everything else, including:

  • Downloading the most recent version of TBB for you, in your language and for your architecture
  • Automatically updating (while preserving your bookmarks and preferences)
  • Verifying the TBB's GnuPG signature
  • Adding a "Tor Browser" application launcher to your desktop environment's menu

Tor Browser Launcher isn't in any Debian repositories yet, but it will be soon.

Quick Start

If you're using a Debian-based distro like Debian, Ubuntu, or Linux Mint, the following instructions will install dependencies, clone this repo, build a .deb, and install it with dpkg.

sudo apt-get install python-stdeb python-gtk2 python-psutil python-twisted wmctrl gnupg tor
git clone https://github.com/micahflee/torbrowser-launcher.git
cd torbrowser-launcher
./build_and_install.sh

Building

Dependencies

You need to have stdeb installed. If you're using Debian or Ubuntu you can install it like this:

apt-get install python-stdeb

Also install the torbrowser-launcher dependencies:

apt-get install python-gtk2 python-psutil python-twisted wmctrl gnupg tor

Debian packages

To build a Debian source package:

python setup.py --command-packages=stdeb.command sdist_dsc

To build a Debian binary package:

python setup.py --command-packages=stdeb.command bdist_deb

Once you've made a .deb, you can install by running this as root:

dpkg -i deb_dist/torbrowser-launcher_VERSION_all.deb